Spider-Man is back in these two Homecoming trailers – and his web wings get their first outing

The first teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming has arrived - or rather, the first two have, with both a US and international trailer hitting the internet.

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The first, aired on US late-night chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live, focuses more on action - Spidey stopping a bank robbery, holding together a splintering ferry, getting thrown through a bus yard, and plenty of explosions. There's a little high-school drama - Homecoming features the youngest Peter Parker we've seen on screen, played by 20-year old British actor Tom Holland - and some comedic advice delivered by Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, but this trailer is really more about spectacle.

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The second, the 'international' trailer, is actually a little better. Despite running ten seconds shorter, it gives us more insight into the relationship between Peter Parker and Tony Stark, and gives Michael Keaton's Vulture - the film's supervillain du jour - a tiny bit of background. Admittedly, so far that does seem to be merely "become a better robber using super-tech" but it's more than the context-free, low-growled threats to kill Spider-Man's family seen in the US trailer.

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Both feature the same two 'money shots' though. One is is a closing shot of Spider-Man web-swinging through New York, accompanied by an armoured-up Iron Man, while the other sees him leaping off the Washington Monument and deploying web-wings, part of the character's original costume design dating back to his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962.

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In the movie, Spider-Man gets the glider costume as an upgrade from Stark, as seen in an earlier clip that teased the teaser trailer. Because, Hollywood.

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Homecoming marks Spider-Man's first film, released as part of the shared Marvel Cinematic Universe, since the character debuted in this summer's Captain America: Civil War. Both versions of the main trailer include clips from that film, with the US showcasing him tying up Giant Man with webbing, and the international spotlighting his initial appearance, snatching Captain America's shield. The intent in both is clear - Spider-Man is back where he belongs and can stand alongside Marvel's biggest heroes.

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Alongside the fresh-faced Holland, Keaton's casting as the Vulture is particularly inspired. Not only is he a former Batman actor, making this the closest we're likely to get to 'Spider-Man vs Batman' on film, but he won acclaim for his leading role in the Oscar-winning Birdman, about a bitter actor best remembered for playing a flying superhero on screen. The Vulture is effectively the Marvel Universe equivalent.

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Interestingly, we also meet Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Peter's school friend who discovers his secret identity.

However, he looks directly inspired by Ganke Lee, best friend to the younger Miles Morales Spider-Man currently appearing in the comics. Along with the high-school focus, could we see more elements of the new comics Spider-Man merged into the new cinematic version? If so, that begs the question of why Marvel didn't merely focus on the Morales version instead of rebooting Parker for the third time.

We'll see how the final version stacks up when Spider-Man: Homecoming hits cinemas in July 2017.